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'''Dokdo Creole''', a.k.a '''Dokdoi''', '''Takeshiman''' or '''Liancourt Creole'''(독도고, ''dogdo-go'', [[w:Korean language|Korean]]:독도어, ''dogdo-eo''(Dokdo language), [[w:Japanese language|Japanese]]: 竹島方言, ''takeshima-hógen''(Takeshima dialect))  is a Korean-Japanese [[w:Creole language|creole]] language spoken on the islands of [[w:Liancourt Rocks|Liancourt Rocks]], known as '''Dokdo''' in Korean and '''Takeshima''' in Japanese. Grammatically, it has been described as [[w:Japonic languages|Japonic]], however lexically it is a mixture of both [[w:Japonic|Japonic]] and [[w:Koreanic languages|Koreanic]] languages.

In [[w:South Korea|South Korea]], specifically [[w:North Gyeongsang Province|North Gyeongsang]] province, Dokdo Creole(독도어, ''dogdo-eo'', lit. "Dokdo language") is the co-official language with Korean. Contrary to popular belief, Dokdo Creole is not considered a language in Japanese administration(specifically in [[w:Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]] prefecture), and is instead called the "Takeshima dialect"(竹島方言, ''takeshima-hógen'') in official documentation. Despite this, South Korea, as well as international consensus classifies Dokdo Creole as a seperate language from either Korean or Japanese.

Due to the wider administrative support of the Korean government in the preservation of Dokdo Creole, the language de-facto uses the [[w:Hangul|Hangul]] writing system, which is of Korean origin, and indeed, on the Korean-controlled half of Liancourt Rocks, known in Korean as ''Seodo''(서도), all signs are written in Korean and Dokdoi, both in Hangul. On the Japanese-controlled island of ''Onna-jima''(女島), Dokdoi is not considered a separate language and instead as a dialect of Japanese, thus all signs on the island are written in [[w:Japanese language|Standard Japanese]]. This also explains why the Sódo dialect, native to Seodo, is much more widely spoken than the Dukdo dialect which is native to Onna-jima.

Most of Dokdoi romanisation is based on Korean romanisation, apart from special symbols like ó, ê, ö and ü.

| a || ó || e || ê || o || u || ö || ü

Japanese ''kuruma''(車, car) → Dokdoi ''[[Contionary:guróm|guróm]]''(구럼, car/automobile) → Dokdoi ''[[Contionary:gurómdóro|gurómdóro]]''(구럼더로, highway, motorway, (infrequent) asphalt)<br>

''enu [[Contionary:amsóng|amsóng]]''(앤우암성) - this man<br>

''anugu [[Contionary:amsóng|amsóngadê]]''(암성앋에) - those men<br>

Dokdoi has two main dialects: the [[Dokdo Creole#Dukdo|Dukdo]] dialect and the [[Dokdo Creole#Sódo|Sódo]] dialect.

'''Dukdo'''(둨도), a.k.a eastern dialect(히가쌔후겐, ''higaze hugên'') is spoken mainly on the Japanese-controlled island of Onna-jima(임지마, ''imjima''). Lexically, it is the more Japonic of the two dialects, which leads to some differences in words, even if they are of the same root, e.g. ''[[Contionary:singsa|singsa]]''(싱사) in Sódo and ''[[Contionary:singsa#Alternative forms|jinja]]''(진자) in Dukdo, both of which come from Japanese ''jinja''(神社).

Additionally, Dukdo tends to have more diphthongs with /n/, compared to Sódo which tends to turn /n/ into /ŋ/ in diphthongs. For example, Sódo ''[[Contionary:anyóngan|anyóngan]]''(안영안) and Dukdo ''[[Contionary:anyóngan#Alternative forms|ênyunan]]''(엔유난). Also, Dukdo has more /æ/s than Sódo, which tends to have more /e/s.

===Sódo===

'''Sódo'''(서도), a.k.a western dialect(니지후겐, ''niji hugên'') is spoken mainly on the South Korean-controlled island of ''Seodo'', where the dialect gets its name. It is the more widely spoken dialect of Dokdo Creole, with about 6,000 more native speakers than Dukdo(with 5,000 native speakers). Lexically, it has larger Koreanic influences than Dukdo, but Japonic influence can still be seen, especially in words for nature, cardinal directions, body parts and animal parts.

<blockquote>''잉앤데아태누다헤분다투히토주다데욤투진산.갈데아이선투유주훈부여단,투오타구데내아니데툼누새진아카도하수.(ingendê a tenuda hêbunda tu hitojuda dê yom tu jinsan. kardê a isón tu yujuhun buyódan, tu otagudê ne anidêtum nu sejin akado hasu.)''</blockquote>

In Dokdo Creole(Sódo):<br>

<blockquote>''잉앤대아태누다해분다투히투추대재옴투친상.갈대아이성투유주훈부여당,투오타구대내아니데툼누새친아타도해야(ingende a tenuda hebunda tu hitochude je om tu chinsang. karde a isóng tu yujuhun buyódang, tu otagude ne anidêtum nu sechin akado heya.)''</blockquote>